St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-13
One Thousand LabOring Men at a Mass
Meeting Where Resolutions to That
Effect Are Passed.
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Local Notes.
THEY WANT NINE HOURS.
Resolutions to That Effect Passed
at u Labor Mass Meeting.

Nearly a thousand labOring men and
outsiders, under the auspices of the
Carpenters union, held a mass meeting
at Market hall last night, and after
listening to addresses, adopted resolu-
lions favOring nine hours work day
Maj. Il. Nj. Newson was the principal
speaker. He reviewed the old labor
problems thoroughly, made strong point
in favor OF the eight-hOur system and
no compromise, and brought forth his
original idea for the solving of the in
tricate difficulties existing between
labor and capital. Maj. Newson would
have the government fix the wages to
be paid to every class of artisans in all
emplOymentS i'll the same way that it
fixes the salaries of its own employees.
Hon. Robert Newell, the labor repre-
sentative i'll the legislature, was
the next speaker. Mr.. Newell
said he had worked ten hours
a day himself, and had been doing so
since he was Is years of age, and he
knew it was too much. He urged the
men to be loyal to each other and to the
labor organizations, regardless of
political party, and predicted that they
would be strong enough to place their
representative in the White house and
III congress. Our wages never
will be better until the wage sys-
TEN is abolished entirely" were his
words, and he thought the clear
way, out of slavery and oppression for
the laborer was the cooperative system.
lie hoped the labOring men would come
to his view, that strikes were unremun-
erative, except as last resort, and de-
tracted from the accomplishment of the
ends of their organization. He ana
thematized the late Legislature in vigor-
Gus terms, and said he was more than
positive that some of the members had
been
SUBJECTED TO THE BRIBERY
of the railroad capitalists and mOnop0-
lists. He accused them of cOwardice in
refusing to allow Ignatius Donnelly's
printed charges to be brought before
them, and said that Mr.. Donnelly would
establish those charges to the people
fully in the near future. Following Mr..
Newell, G. Gaefke, president of the
Germans union, addressed the meeting
in the German language. In his
speech he denounced the anarchists
and the red flag, and appealed for
patriotic and concerted action on the
part of labor. The resolutions adopted
are as follows:
Whereas, We, the carpenters of the
city Of st. Paul, Mimi, believe it
to be for our own interest and the in
terest of the contractors to make days
work only nine hours; therefore,
Resolved, That we are hereby in favor
OF nine hours as a days work, for nine
hours pay.
Resolved, That we believe it to be for
the best interests of the laboring ele-
ment to organize for the purpose of
harmony and protection against the in
roads of capital, as well as to advance
our own cause in the discussions of
great interests to our craft.
1t is understood that the organizations
are making arrangements for a series of
these mass meetings in the interest of
a reduction in the hours of labor.